Adult movie, anyone? No, not “Reverse Gangbang, 14.” We refer to “Clouds of Sils Maria,” a startlingly intelligent film by Oliver Assayas, whose facility for blending reality and artifice, spontaneity and theatricality, turn a familiar plot — older actress supplanted by a younger version — into a dizzying and sexually tense examination of human psychology....
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Alien invasion! Earth occupied by creatures far smarter than humans! Thousands of years of civilization rendered irrelevant! Cory Finley’s movie adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s novel Landscape with Invisible Hand accomplishes the impressive feat of being simultaneously incisive/critical/instructive and entertaining/funny/touching. While the film is ultimately a scathing indictment of colonialism, capitalism, and artificial intelligence, the action...
